France Now iPhone’s Most Successful Market?

By Eric Savitz

Research in Motion (RIMM), makers of BlackBerry, and Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone continue not only to dominate in the U.S., but are taking share in Europe.

Not necessarily from industry leader Nokia (NOK), however, which continues to benefit on the continent by beating out Sony (SNE) and Ericsson’s (ERIC) Sony-Ericsson joint venture, from LG Electronics (LGERF.PK), and from Samsung (SSNLF).

In the U.S., RIMM and Apple are “Steadily progressing as consumers upgrade to higher end iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones,” writes McCourt.

And the most successful market for the iPhone based on the Gartner numbers, is, um, France, where the company has gained over 10% of the market, at the expense of Nokia and Sony. “France is now the most successful market in the world on a relative basis,” says McCourt.

"Viva La France for first time in ages." .../... "Only a Frenchman can truly understands and appreciates Steve Jobs’....arrogance"
Oh la la ... Embittered took a rendez-vous in this forum ???
"Viva" is a spanish word not french. but maybe for you it's the same...
"...for first time in ages" However, it's so easy to open a book history. I am sure that you are able to do that...

About the french arrogance. Is this your personal opinion or did you find a sociological explanation about this strange phenomenon. Needless to say that I would trust the 2° case as the 1st.
Sorry, but it's so boring to listen these kind of clichés.
Many CEO are more arrogant compare to Steve Jobs. The Steve Ballmer case's in psychiatrically interesting... You can't compare with the Nokia and RIM president because nobody (almost) knows them...

I live in France and I have an iPhone. I can say that the iPhone phenomenon is more important in Paris as the rest of France. In the same time it's important to know that all the french mobile companies reselling the iPhone. it's probably one of the reasons why Iphone is so popular in France.

MARCH 5, 2010 9:47 P.M.

James wrote:

India is Nokia country. Chinese don't like or even know much about Rim blackberrys. Fly out there, look around for yourself, hardly any blackberrys anywhere, perhaps one in ten thousand is a blackberry. I know, I live in China. iPhone is the only status symbol in Asia.

MARCH 6, 2010 7:48 A.M.

Anonymous wrote:

Let's face it. Among the most educated and wealthiest Americans, they still all want to be Frenchmen, only as time goes by they no longer know it. And what does it mean to be french? I think it means you use your mind first.

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